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IBM Parallel Environment Sample Code Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11580
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Release Date:
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2004-05-10
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Last Update:
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2005-10-18
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Popularity:
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5,884 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | IBM Parallel Environment for AIX (PE) 3.x
IBM Parallel Environment for AIX (PE) 4.x
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Solution:
Apply APARs.
http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp
APAR for PE 3.2:
IY56382 (available approx. 2004-05-12)
APAR for PE 4.1:
IY56383
APAR for PE 4.1.1:
IY60371
The vendor also advises system administrators to ensure that there are no executables on the system that were compiled from "/usr/lpp/ppe.poe/samples/swtbl/swtbl_api.c" or "/usr/lpp/ppe.poe/samples/ntbl/ntbl_api.c". If these files were compiled using the makefiles provided, they would have been named "swtbl_api" and "ntbl_api" respectively.
If it is not possible to remove these commands, remove the setuid and setgid bits.
Don't include sample code on production systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-07-26: Added CVE reference.
2005-10-18: Added APAR information for PE version 4.1.1.
Original Advisory:
https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/...s.subscriptionSvcs?mode=18&ID=312
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY60371
Change Page:
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